iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,480,000 shares, a drop of 29.9% from the October 15th total of 2,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 510,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF stock opened at $73.48 on Friday. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 1 year low of $61.30 and a 1 year high of $82.25. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $76.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.47. The company has a market cap of $2.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Innealta Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $56,000. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. lifted its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.2% during the second quarter. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. now owns 42,689 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,073,000 after buying an additional 938 shares in the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 14.2% during the first quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 43,413 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,941,000 after buying an additional 5,390 shares during the period. Rathbones Group PLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 18,527 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,334,000 after acquiring an additional 239 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $8,422,000.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).